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Kapilavastu
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KMS FROM Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, Kapilavastu (Piprahawa) on the
gorakhpur Gonda loop - line with naugarh (35 kms) is the nearest railway
station. The capital city of Sakya clan, and one of the earliest republics,
it was in Kapilavastu's opulent environs, that the holy soul of prince
Siddharth (Gautam Buddha) spent his chilhood.
Here he saw sorrow
and pain, disease and death. Then, finally when he saw a radiant happy Sadhu
who had conquered all these, he decided to renounce all worldly riches and
pleasures to seek truth and embark on the path of salvation.
The
place holds signigicant value for Buddhist pilgrims and has several Stupas.
The archaeological excavations have revealed stone caskets containing relics
believed to be that Buddha's